Drug assay posaconazole at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$20.92

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$57.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$21.69 with Molina vs $77.90 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $28.50 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.63 ↑ +37%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $28.74 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $29.82 ↑ +43%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $30.47 ↑ +46%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $30.47 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|HMO $32.53 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.53 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $36.87 ↑ +76%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $37.05 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $37.05 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $37.62 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.90 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.61 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $43.32 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.03 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $48.45 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $51.30 ↑ +145%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $52.27 ↑ +150%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $57.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $57.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $57.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $57.00 ↑ +172%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $77.90 ↑ +272%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.90 ↑ +272%

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Drug assay posaconazole at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.15 $21.69 – $77.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $42.57 $5.42 – $65.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.40 $21.68 – $69.85
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.35 $15.39 – $82.11
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $32.55 $5.70 – $45.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16.76 $11.97 – $53.57
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $44.35 $21.69 – $55.86
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $29.36 $16.53 – $53.58

All California hospitals for this procedure →